. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . uests permanent inthe mountain fastnesses of Samnium. They began to putin practice Romes old policy, that of placing military colonies on theoutskirts of theplaces newly con-quered. By aseries of thosestrongly fortifiedposts, Fregellse,Interamna,Cales, Saticula,and Luceria, theSamnites werealmost encircledand penned upwithin their ownterritory. As apart of this careful policy in 312 b. c. the Appian Roadwas built from Rome to Capua by the consul AppiusClaudius. This military road was of great advantage, as itbrought the city i
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . uests permanent inthe mountain fastnesses of Samnium. They began to putin practice Romes old policy, that of placing military colonies on theoutskirts of theplaces newly con-quered. By aseries of thosestrongly fortifiedposts, Fregellse,Interamna,Cales, Saticula,and Luceria, theSamnites werealmost encircledand penned upwithin their ownterritory. As apart of this careful policy in 312 b. c. the Appian Roadwas built from Rome to Capua by the consul AppiusClaudius. This military road was of great advantage, as itbrought the city into touch with Capua, the greatest amongher allies in the south. It had the same importance in an-cient warfare that good railroad connections have for amodern state in its wars. This period of the wars endedwith the Samnite state hemmed in and weakened, but stillable to treat with Rome as an equal. 347. The Third Samnite War, 298-290 B. C—The intervalbefore the outbreak of the Third Samnite War was spent bythe statesmen of Rome in strengthening her hold on the. The Appian Way. The Ruins along the side are those of ancient GraveMonuments. THE SPREAD OF THE POWER OF ROME 275 territory she had already acquired. New colonies were es-tablished on her frontiers, and her army reorganized andstrengthened. The Samnites, on their part, made a boldand clever move. They allied to themselves the cities ofnorthern Etruria, and the dreaded power of the Gauls. Allof them feared Rome equally, for it was clear that the goalof Roman statesmanship was, at that time, nothing lessthan the conquest of the whole of Italy. Against this powerful coalition the Roman armies movedwith energy and confidence, and defeated the allies at thebattle of Sentinum in Umbria, in 29o b. c. By this defeatthe Samnites lost the aid of the Gauls and Etruscans; yetthey fought alone, for five years more, with desperate cour-age. So brave were they that Rome, after all these yearsof fighting, received them into her state
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